Gloucester County was awash with red Thursday, as Phillies phans descended upon local sports apparel stores to stock up on their favorite team's championship gear.

There were tables covered in championship T-shirts at Dick's Sporting Goods in Deptford Township. The store was decorated for the occasion, with "Go Phillies!" painted on the front windows, and balloons and pennants decorating the displays within.

"I just woke up and came out to get them," Christina Mason said as she rifled through a stack of shirts. "We actually wanted to go out last night after they won to get them."

Mason, a Gloucester County College student and Washington Township resident, made it a priority to head out to Dick's with her best friend, Kate Motolese, a fellow GCC student and Washington Township resident.

"I was so excited," Mason said of the Phillies' winning game. "I feel the Phillies were always the underdog. I'm really excited to see them play and, hopefully, win."

Motolese said she only recently started going to the Phillies' games but that she, too, is excited to see what the team will do now that they're going to the World Series.

"It's pretty cool," she said.

There was an assortment of pennants, hats, long- and short-sleeved T-shirts and other Phillies paraphernalia spread throughout the store.

Dave Brown, community marketing manager for Dick's Sporting Goods, said his company was well-stocked for the anticipated rush on Phillies championship gear.

"Our entire Dick's Sporting Goods team did act very quickly to pull together the very best available product assortment and quantity for the Philadelphia fan base," Brown said. "Our Philadelphia stores were so prepared that we were fully operational upon the final out of the clinching game and then re-opened our stores at 6 a.m."

The response from fans has been "tremendous" and fans have been trafficking into area stores, Brown said.

"The locker room T-shirts and hats have been extremely popular as this is the first opportunity to acquire this type of merchandise since 1993, fifteen years ago," Brown said. "We do continue to carry a wide assortment of Phillies merchandise and will continue to have trucks rolling into the Dick's Sporting Goods loading docks."

Rob Davis, a Williamstown resident, was also perusing the T-shirt selection at Dick's Thursday afternoon.

"I'm a huge Phillies fan," Davis said. "I had to have this shirt. I got, like, two hours of sleep before I went to work."

Vince Saraullo, a Somerdale resident, also came from work to get his championship shirt.

"I wanted to make sure I get my size," Saraullo said. "They do run out. Plus, I beat the crowd."

Saraullo said he's "very excited" to see the Phillies play well in the series.

"I can't see them losing," Saraullo said. "They're gonna do it. They're playing like they're unbeatable. They're so close they can taste it."

Over at Modell's Sporting Goods at the Deptford Mall, there were piles of T-shirts on tables set up in the center of the store. Customers were greeted with a full display of Phillies paraphernalia and decorations, and the store was packed with people already decked out in their best team wear.

Tim Anderson, a Glassboro resident, ducked out between classes at Rowan University to get his championship shirt.

"I just wanted to get a T-shirt," Anderson said.

He couldn't wait until his classes were done for the day, he said, because "it's too late, 'cause I go all day."

"I think they'll win it," he added.

Debbie Wetzel, a Bridgeton resident, was stocking up on T-shirts for herself, her daughter, her pastor, her pastor's grandson, and her nephew.

"I took a chance to come out here, because I figured they'd have some kind of shirt," Wetzel said. "I know my pastor, he really would like that."

Like so many other fans, still high from the team's historic win against the L.A. Dodgers, Wetzel said she predicts the Phillies will go all the in the World Series.